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apocalypsosI've just gotten back from Shaun of the Dead. I am in fawning, dorky love with Shaun. But I feel I am justified, because he possesses four of the requirements in my perfect man -- pale, funny, British, and a natural talent and experience in fighting the walking undead.
Also, is it really all that bad that the more I see Seed of Chucky previews, the more I sort of want to see it? I mean, really ... Jennifer Tilly making fun of her career! John Waters simply existing! Britney Spears getting run off the road by Chucky's Humvee! I especially like that last one, as between that scene and James Gandolfini whacking Ben Affleck over the head with a snow shovel in the Surviving Christmas trailer, it's obvious that filmmakers have finally discovered that the way to amuse audiences is to inflict serious physical trauma upon tabloid hogs.
The trailers for White Noise and Saw scare the hell out of me, but then, so does toast, nail polish, and patio furniture if you film it with a creepy enough soundtrack.
I also realized after one too many shots of The Village in that movie-trivia slideshow they had before Shaun of the Dead that if you saw The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, and Signs, you'd know exactly how The Village ended. See, it turns out that the elders in the village are just pretending that it's the late 1890s, because all of the children are deathly allergic to water and water wasn't invented until 1964 by a young Bruce Willis. Genius, I tell you! Who'd see that coming?
EDIT: Also during the movie-trivia slideshow bit, they showed a high school picture of Tommy Lee Jones, and he looked exactly like Josh Hartnett. Congratulations, Josh. I can just imagine what having that face and no personality to back it up is going to be like in thirty years.
POOR DEPRIVED CHILD OF EDIT: This is the first week in probably six months that I didn't buy a DVD. I'm sure the shakes will pass eventually, but I give it six days before I'm back to mainlining widescreen again. You know, 'cause payday's in six days and all.
I'm also buying this really cute rust-colored sherpa coat for winter I saw at the mall when I get paid next week or if I get birthday money, while I'm at it. And it's in Sears, for crying out loud. Somewhere out there in the ether, Cordelia Chase is having an apoplexy every time I say that name.
IDIOT WRITER BUDDY OF EDIT: A typo I noticed I'd written in the TroNoWriMo story when I was working on it before the movie -- ... the back tire disintegrated under Mr. Potter's careful aim, bits of vulcanized rubbers flying everywhere as a slug hit it.
*dies giggling* "Hey, Chekhov, watch this. If you throw slugs at Spock, he explodes and condoms fly all over the place!"
Also, is it really all that bad that the more I see Seed of Chucky previews, the more I sort of want to see it? I mean, really ... Jennifer Tilly making fun of her career! John Waters simply existing! Britney Spears getting run off the road by Chucky's Humvee! I especially like that last one, as between that scene and James Gandolfini whacking Ben Affleck over the head with a snow shovel in the Surviving Christmas trailer, it's obvious that filmmakers have finally discovered that the way to amuse audiences is to inflict serious physical trauma upon tabloid hogs.
The trailers for White Noise and Saw scare the hell out of me, but then, so does toast, nail polish, and patio furniture if you film it with a creepy enough soundtrack.
I also realized after one too many shots of The Village in that movie-trivia slideshow they had before Shaun of the Dead that if you saw The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, and Signs, you'd know exactly how The Village ended. See, it turns out that the elders in the village are just pretending that it's the late 1890s, because all of the children are deathly allergic to water and water wasn't invented until 1964 by a young Bruce Willis. Genius, I tell you! Who'd see that coming?
EDIT: Also during the movie-trivia slideshow bit, they showed a high school picture of Tommy Lee Jones, and he looked exactly like Josh Hartnett. Congratulations, Josh. I can just imagine what having that face and no personality to back it up is going to be like in thirty years.
POOR DEPRIVED CHILD OF EDIT: This is the first week in probably six months that I didn't buy a DVD. I'm sure the shakes will pass eventually, but I give it six days before I'm back to mainlining widescreen again. You know, 'cause payday's in six days and all.
I'm also buying this really cute rust-colored sherpa coat for winter I saw at the mall when I get paid next week or if I get birthday money, while I'm at it. And it's in Sears, for crying out loud. Somewhere out there in the ether, Cordelia Chase is having an apoplexy every time I say that name.
IDIOT WRITER BUDDY OF EDIT: A typo I noticed I'd written in the TroNoWriMo story when I was working on it before the movie -- ... the back tire disintegrated under Mr. Potter's careful aim, bits of vulcanized rubbers flying everywhere as a slug hit it.
*dies giggling* "Hey, Chekhov, watch this. If you throw slugs at Spock, he explodes and condoms fly all over the place!"
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Date: 2004-09-25 02:10 pm (UTC)I nominate you
Date: 2004-09-25 03:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-25 04:26 pm (UTC)Soda has just exploded from nose. Damn, that was funny.
*Goes back to laughing*
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Date: 2004-09-25 04:27 pm (UTC)*flails*
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Date: 2004-09-25 04:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-25 04:35 pm (UTC)THE QUEEN BIT. I will never be able to listen to that song the same way again.
I really want to see it again too.
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Date: 2004-09-26 03:26 pm (UTC)The official movie site is here, and the links to the trailer are at the bottom of the page.
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Date: 2004-09-26 03:31 pm (UTC)